Gatestone Article on Buhari's Government targeting Christians

Nigeria's Muslim Government Targeting Christians; A Pass to Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari, a
former military dictator, rather than concentrating his efforts on Boko
Haram, has instead mounted a campaign of intimidation against his
Christian opponents in the south of the country.

50,000 children are facing death by starvation, according to
Western aid officials. In May, the Nigerian military killed at least 15
people at a peaceful Biafran protest.

"Mr Buhari is diverting vital resources away from the campaign to
pursue his own political agenda," explained a senior Western official.
"The Nigerian government, which is receiving significant amounts of
foreign aid, needs to understand that its main priority is to deal with
Boko Haram, and also to make sure that Nigeria does not suffer the worst
humanitarian disaster in its history."

The failure of Nigeria's Muslim President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle
the Islamist fanatics of Boko Haram has resulted in an estimated 50,000
children facing death by starvation, according to Western aid officials.
A total of 500,000 people have been made homeless during Nigeria's
bitter seven-year conflict with Boko Haram, and aid workers now fear the
vast majority of them are in urgent need of food, shelter and medical
care.
But hopes that Mr Buhari would intensify the military effort to
destroy Boko Haram, an Islamist group with close links to the Islamic
State in Iraq and the Syria (ISIS), are fading, following the Nigerian
leader's decision to promote his Muslim allies to key government
appointments at the expense of his Christian political opponents.
Last month Stratfor, which provides business with geopolitical
analysis, reported there was growing frustration in northern Nigeria
over the blatant favouritism the president is displaying towards his
Muslim allies.
According to Stratfor, 77 of the 122 appointments Mr Buhari has made
since his accession to power in May last year have gone to northerners,
increasing ethnic tensions with the predominantly Christian south of the
country.
Western officials say Mr Buhari's obsession with settling scores with
his political opponents has had a negative impact on Nigeria's military
campaign against Boko Haram, and left the government unable to cope
with the mounting humanitarian disaster in the north of the country.
The French charity Doctors Without Borders is now warning that a
total of 244,000 children have been left homeless and hungry as a result
of the fighting, and that one in five of them will die in the coming
weeks unless urgent aid is provided. A spokesman for the children's
charity, Unicef, commented: "Some 134 children on average will die every
day from causes linked to acute malnutrition."
Aid officials believe that much of the blame for this disastrous
state of affairs lies with the government of Mr Buhari, a former
military dictator, who, rather than concentrating his efforts on Boko
Haram, has instead mounted a campaign of intimidation against his
Christian opponents in the south of the country.

Nigerian
President Muhammadu Buhari, rather than concentrating his efforts on
Boko Haram, has instead mounted a campaign of intimidation against his
Christian opponents in the south of the country. Pictured above, Buhari
(left) meets with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on
November 23, 2015, in Iran. (Image source: khamenei.ir)

A senior Nigerian security officer recently confided to Western
diplomats that so many of Mr Buhari's political opponents had been
rounded up that Nigeria's prison system could no longer cope.
And Mr Buhari's decision to target supporters of the country's former
Christian president, Goodluck Jonathan, in the south of the country,
recently prompted criticism from British Foreign Secretary Philip
Hammond, who said, "It's obviously a major concern."
Mr Buhari's tactics have also succeeded in reviving tensions with Nigeria's Biafran community in the south of the country, who were involved in a brutal civil war for independence in the 1960s.
In May, the Nigerian military killed at least 15 people at a peaceful Biafran protest.
"One of the reasons we have this humanitarian crisis in northern
Nigeria is that Mr Buhari is diverting vital resources away from the
campaign to pursue his own political agenda," explained a senior Western
official. "The Nigerian government, which is receiving significant
amounts of foreign aid, needs to understand that its main priority is to
deal with Boko Haram, and also to make sure that Nigeria does not
suffer the worst humanitarian disaster in its history."

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